To Volga

On Saturday our team will play the next scheduled game of Russian Superleague – against CSK VVS. Today CSKA arrived to Samara.

The game of regular season champions against “military pilots” who are weakened by the latest roster moves allows coaches to provide all the players with playing time. Terence Morris (unavailable for Russian Superleague) stayed in Moscow together with Ramunas Siskauskas, who got a possibility to stay with his wife and newborn son, and army soldier Andrey Vorontsevich. Junior team players Maxim Zakharov and Ivan Nelyubov were added to away game roster.

“We will play seriously – as we always do, - Ettore Messina said. – The fact that we won Russian League allows us to begin our preparations for the Euroleague quarterfinals. But that does not mean we will try to experiment. I also hope I will have a possibility to provide our young players with a playing time.”